Alain wrote:

> Just *what* french accent are you talking about? There are 100's of them...
> I live in Montréal, Québec, end there are times I have dificulties 
> understanding some other french speakers.
> I can say the same about english eccents ;-)

As Benny pointed out, there are - or were - areas of England where the 
dialect they speak is so strange as to be beyond comprehension to most 
normal people. [I'm not even going to attempt to describe his impression 
of Glasgow. But it involves saying "JIMMI!" a lot and speaking extremely 
fast...]

>> You know, it's probably a *good* thing that I don't know how to say 
>> "you have a really nice arse" in French. Because that waitress would 
>> have probably slapped me for it. Mind you, she says her boyfriend is 
>> always teaching her new English words and phrases. (And damn, her 
>> English isn't half bad...) Ho hum!

> It's "Vous avez un beau derrière!" Or "Vous avez de belles fesses"
> Pronounce (aproximataly):
> "vou zavai un bo deriair" or "...de bell fess"
> And, yes, it could result in a stiff slap in the face...

LOL! Especially when I've just watched her standing there snogging her 
bf's face off in the middle of the cafe... ;-)

FWIW, Google claims "Vous avez un joli cul." I have no idea whether that 
actually makes any sense at all though. Google translations are a 
little... variable. ;-)

[Never the less, I just wasted a whole afternoon coming up with stuff 
like "Je tiens à vous faire nu." Damn, I should grow up... :-S ]

> You may try to first learn Spanish or Italian, then learn French. 
> Learning Latin and classical Greek can also help. Anyway, learning a new 
> language is never a waste.

That's exactly the mind-set I had when I took up Haskell. Oh, wait...

[On a more serious note... I have attempted to learn Latin a few times. 
And generally failed. Oh well!]

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